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[Shenmue654]

Keshin rolls his eyes. "Salem, Al's right. If this goes half as well as your last plan the Council of Thirteen will suddenly be out to get me because I accidentally shot the Emperor. There's no way you could pull that off, but our luck has been so bad lately I'm not putting it past you."

Keshin glances off with a slightly apologetic look. "But seriously, thanks for---"

Keshin's heart lurches in pain and he goes into a series of awful-sounding coughs, clutching his chest. Apparently that round of medicine they had earlier wasn't nearly enough. When he gets back onto his ship,they'll have to shoot up again. When Keshin catches his breath he states in a weak voice, "...thanks for everything."

<Kess...we have to get out of here now.>

<I know...>
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Mar smiles at Elayne's first series of comments but shudders at her last. "I...do not want to think too hard about that. They say that dreams are often related to the dreaming mortal's repressed thoughts and feelings. Before I came here, I had repressed so much that I imagine my mental landscape will be...vivid."

He then glances curiously at Elayne. "When you dream...what do you dream about?"

[Terenia]

Terenia raises her hand to Corliss' momentarily, but her eyes focus beyond him, at the sky, where the hell that had broken loose seems to have calmed slightly. "I didn't realize Myitt was so suicidal. One question - how do we help them if they're in a friggen' space ship?"

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Tamora sighs, looking down at the table once more, "Alright, fine. But I can't just sit here waiting for the next Andalite to come by and try to slice me to pieces." She glares openly at Claxter, as though everything is his fault, "Stupid grass-eaters..."

She turns back to Cody, "It seems as though my particular to-do list gets more complicated the longer I am here."

[Midnight_Huntress]

"They'll obviously know we are coming. Just cuz they expect us doesn't mean we should be seen coming. First we get Father,Asda and Fletcher out. Then we can give 'em hell." She said narrowing her eyes in determination. Behind the glare was pure worry and fear for the others.

[Chad32]

"Heh. That will be the hardest thing, though. They'll be under very tight guard, and unless they're compeltely incompetent we won't be able to sneak them out without being noticed. Though it might be useful to figure out why they're still here, and see if we can use that." Temrash said.

[Myitt]

Corliss shakes his head, looking away.  "Reckon we wait for them to land," he exhales, turning to look back up through the trees.  "I mean, they've got to, right?  Look at the state of that thing.  Cloak's off, it's smoking for Christ's sake.  Keshin isn't worth all this rot, really.  I don't know what's gotten into her..."

[Chad32]

Cody examined his drink. "Fact is we really don't have much power at all here. I don't think prodding that Ossy guy is going to help any."

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Salem raised an eyebrow at Keshin's coughing fit. He wasn't sure Joanne was in any state for anything else. His headache was getting worse, and he couldn't seem to find a better way out of this situation. He felt like the solution was dangling right in front of him, but he couldn't see it. He decided to keep the magneton beam charged, just in case.

"Guys, I am open to suggestions here," he said to Al and Keshin. "Keshin, I need to get you off this ship and on the ground. You'll be safer there once you use that hologram device. Al, land us close to the edge of the woods. Hover landing, not full stop. Fast, so we're down before them. Be ready to move, you guys. You won't need to get far from the ship, but I sure as hell don't want you on it when they get here. Once you're away, Keshin, you should just be able to change your appearance and move through the bar at will."

"Tally ho," Al said nervously, angling the ship towards the ground. It began to pick up speed, rocketing towards the surface faster and faster, aiming for a spot about a quarter mile from the parking lot.

"Meet you planetside," Salem transmitted to the other ship.

[Darth Revan]

((Teach, not sure if you missed it; Thordon responded to Trey: http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2089.msg488075#msg488075))

Parker stood up after Gaz's question. He had an idea that would ease both his and Silver's need to help. He responded, "If this ship has a shuttle, we could mount a rescue mission. Thor can fly the ship by your command via communicator. Silver can project an illusion around us to give us stealth. And we'd have the perfect surprise for them when se show up before The Cursed Pride even gets close."

[Myitt]

Myitt looks over at Alic and Tora, sucking in a deep breath.

"Here goes nothing, guys," she exhales, setting the ship on a landing course just behind the parking lot.

[KitsuneMarie]

Elayne shrugs. "I don't remember my dreams most of the time. They don't usually make much sense--full of people I've half forgotten and just met talking in strange buildings I've never seen. Often, I dream about the people who supported my movement... and my father." She gives an uncomfortable frown and kicks at the ground. "Anyway, they're usually pleasant enough, just weird."


Tora slowly exhales, clenching her teeth and releasing the console's weapons controls. Her hand goes immediately to the Dracon at her waist. Stepping towards the exit, she opens the hatch, the living metal peeling away from the ship's hull. Smoke billows out the opening as fresh air and light from outside creep in. Her internal chant has momentarily been stalled.

[Aluminator (Kit)]

As the ship hurtled closer to the ground and began to decelerate, Salem's heart skipped a beat. He'd just realized something. He didn't know how much the people in the other ship knew, but they might be expecting to find two people aboard his ship. With Al tucked safely in the computer system, there were only two people visible. The only problem was that one of them was Keshin.

"Guys, I just had a thought," Salem said, his throat dry and his voice raspy.

"I'll alert the authorities," Al said dryly.

Salem cleared his throat and continued, "Kess, the best place for you to hide might be right out in the open. Just hold that hologram device and concentrate on the image of Al. It'll make you look like him. If you two will just let me do the talking when they're here, we might be able to get out of this. All they'll see is Al and I sitting here on the ship. It's probably the best chance we've got."

He glanced at the floor display and saw the other ship already on the ground.

"Your call, Kess," he said.

[Shenmue654]

Keshin thinks about this proposition carefully. He could just make a run for it as the ship lands and hope to high heaven that they don't notice him passing them. But he can't blitz in his current state without ending up seriously injured, and the other ship is already on the ground. Salem's holographic generator seems fairly advanced, and he doubt Myitt has anything that detects holograms right on hand with her. <Salem's right. We could pull it off.>

<Think we can act like Al?>

<Even if we can't, Salem said he'll take care of it. Though I doubt he's right, we're not going to get another chance.>

Keshin nods and grasps the device, concentrating on Al's snide face and weird tuxedo. Sure enough, both appear on Keshin himself. Keshin grins. "Nice duds."
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Mar nods, following Elayne. "If your dreams are so simple and sweet, then perhaps I will be able to avoid my past encroaching on my present. Or perhaps I will not remember them. What a luxury forgetting things is."

Mar then grins. "You are a mechanic, Elayne. That must keep your ship in fine working order. Has it any unique modifications?"

[Gaz]

Gaz nods as she considers the idea.

"I like it," she replies, "and it seems like the best option so far. In a situation like this it will be hard to take the element of surprise. We'll have to make due with what we can."

"Prepare to lift off!" Gaz shouts. "Let's get movin!"

[Midnight_Huntress]

Silver gave a curt nod and dashed from the chair as quickly as she could. She found her quarters and took up her throwing knives, slipping them into their various hidden clips and slots. As soon as they were in any visible sign disappeared. She returned to the others ready and determined.

[Cobra (Gymn)]

Dara decides the best way he can get ready is to find out more about the mission. "Is there anything I should know about the enemy or the people we're rescueing?" He directs to anyone in the bridge.